River should have the last word

Tramore preview: Tom Taafffe is eyeing up the Cheltenham bumper for his impressive Leopardstown scorer Beautiful Vision and …

Tramore preview: Tom Taafffe is eyeing up the Cheltenham bumper for his impressive Leopardstown scorer Beautiful Vision and he can get some encouragement from Tramore tomorrow where Show Me The River looks to hold a good chance in the last.

Show Me The River ran third behind the Taaffe horse at Leopardstown last Sunday and makes a quick reappearance in tomorrow's bumper where Bob Scotton could prove the main danger.

Ease The Way is a rare jumping runner for Dermot Weld at Tramore and he can come out on top.

The likes of Emperor Titus and Mondo will hold their chances but Ease The Way found only Grangehill Dancer too good on his second hurdles start and looks to be going the right way.

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The novice hurdle sees Bog Oak step back to two miles after a defeat over two and a half at Fairyhouse last time out. Mind you that defeat did come at the hands of the subsequent Grade Three winner Washington Lad and Bog Oak did travel well enough to the straight that day.

Tobeornotobe ran at Thurles on Thursday and picked up some Grade Three type by running fourth to Adarma. The Opportunity Handicap Chase looks a more likely winning chance for her while Sixtino has proven stamina for the two and three quarter mile handicap hurdle.

Brian O'Connor

Brian O'Connor

Brian O'Connor is the racing correspondent of The Irish Times. He also writes the Tipping Point column